NDLI: Generating realistic stimuli for accurate power grid analysis

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Author	Flores, Paulo F. Morgado, P. Marques Silveira, L. Miguel
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	Power analysis tools are an integral component of any current power sign-off methodology. The performance of a design's power grid affects the timing and functionality of a circuit, directly impacting the overall performance. Ensuring power grid robustness implies taking into account, among others, static and dynamic effects of voltage drop, ground bounce, and electromigration. This type of verification is usually done by simulation, targeting a worst-case scenario where devices, switching almost simultaneously, could impose stern current demands on the power grid. While determination of the exact worst-case switching conditions from the grid perspective is usually not practical, the choice of simulation stimuli has a critical effect on the results of the analysis. Targetting safe but unrealistic settings could lead to pessimistic results and costly overdesigns in terms of die area. In this article we describe a software tool that generates a reasonable, realistic, set of stimuli for simulation. The approach proposed accounts for timing and spatial restrictions that arise from the circuit's netlist and placement and generates an approximation to the worst-case condition. The resulting stimuli indicate that only a fraction of the gates change in any given timing window, leading to a more robust verification methodology, especially in the dynamic case. Generating such stimuli is akin to performing a standard static timing analysis, so the tool fits well within conventional design frameworks. Furthermore, the tool can be used for hotspot detection in early design stages.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	26
Page Count	26
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10844309
e-ISSN	15577309
DOI	10.1145/1529255.1529262
Volume Number	14
Issue Number	3
Journal	ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES)
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2009-06-04
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Power grid Ground bounce Simulation Stimuli generation Verification Voltage drop
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design Computer Science Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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